ornamental onion

Garden uses

Attracts

Notes

Ornamental 'Onion' (Allium 'Onion') is a vegetable for borders, containers, pollinator gardens, and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is one of the more cold-hardy crops and can keep growing through light freezes with some winter protection. This plant likes full or part sun, average moisture, and sandy or loamy soil. Deer tend to pass it by. Fragrant blooms open in early to late spring and again in early to late summer, and they attract butterflies and bees.

Pairs well with Six Hills Giant nepeta, Marmalade coral bells, and Salad burnet.